MASERU — South Africa will be itching for revenge when they meet Lesotho — their conquerors in a continental qualifier — at a regional Under-20 tournament in Botswana next month. The two sides are in Group B, also including Namibia, in this year’s Metropolitan Cosafa Cup. The tournament will run from December 3 to 17. […]
FREE State Stars finally managed to register their first win of the season in South Africa’s Premier Soccer League by beating Mpumalanga Black Aces 2-1 at Globe Park on Sunday. Lesotho Times correspondent MARTIN LEKGOLOKWE caught up with Free State Stars coach Steve Komphela soon after the match — their sixth of the season — […]
By Lerato Matheka MASERU — Revellers were treated to a free Black Coffee session on Sunday afternoon as the South African DJ made up for missing a show he was billed for at the Morija Arts and Cultural Festival. Black Coffee was one of the performers including another South African jock, Fistaz Mixwell, who missed […]
By Khahliso Khama MASERU — South African top comedian David Kau’s I Should Have Done These Jokes First rolls into Maseru next week. A full-house is expected for Kau’s one-man show set for Maseru Sun next Thursday. The award-winning comedian, 32, is coming to Lesotho thanks to Sun International, which runs the local hotel hosting […]
By Khahliso Khama MASERU — Ten local DJs and producers have joined forces to produce a 12-track house album. The compilation, Kingdom of Lesotho (KOL) House Combination Volume 1, was launched at Litaleng in Maseru on Sunday. T’sepo Molelekoa, Mr Maps, Touch Ellement, Macs on the Decks, One Short, Rev-R, Deluxzit, DJ Thabbie, DJ Phakzino […]
MASERU — The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Leaba Thetsane, has accused the Law Society of Lesotho’s leadership of behaving like ‘student activists’. Thetsane’s scathing attack comes barely a week after the Court of Appeal quashed the society’s attempt to have him stripped of his King’s Counsel title he was awarded in July last year. […]
ROMA –— Lecturers and researchers at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) want the management to stop a hefty increase of rentals for staff houses. The Lesotho University Teachers and Researchers Union (Lutaru) yesterday told the university management that the 100 percent increase in rentals for staff houses was “unfair and unilateral”. Lutaru submitted a […]
MASERU — The All Basotho Convention (ABC) party youth league is up in arms against the acting secretary general handpicked by the national executive committee to replace the suspended Macaefa Billy. The war of words started when Sam Rapapa wrote a circular chastising the party youths for their “unruly” behaviour at rallies. In the circular […]
MASERU — A former National Assembly clerk Matlamukele Matete should be jailed for corruption. That is according to a ruling delivered by the Court of Appeal last week. Matete had appealed against a High Court judgment convicting him for corruption and fraud. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment or pay a fine of M10 […]
MASERU — The remains of one of the members the African National Congress (ANC)’s military wing killed in the 1982 massacre in Lesotho were on Tuesday exhumed from a Sea Point graveyard in Maseru for reburial in the Eastern Cape. Vikile Jobo was one of the 32 ANC cadres who were massacred by the apartheid […]
MASERU — A local doctor is suing the Lesotho Medical, Dental and Pharmacy Council for refusing to renew his practice certificate and closing down his surgery. Dr Teboho Bulane filed an application in the High Court last Friday asking the court to interdict and restrain the council from interfering with his practice. Bulane’s surgery stopped […]
MASERU — Police last week arrested four men in connection with the murder of a local businessman last month. The four, all aged between 20 and 41, are accused of gunning down in cold blood Thabo Phohleli who was the managing director of Astoria Bakery. The suspects were arrested last Wednesday. Phohleli was abducted from […]
MASERU — Police last Friday arrested a Seapoint woman who was operating a bogus police and army recruitment agency. Police say the 43-year-old woman was operating the bogus recruitment agency from her home and they suspect she defrauded dozens of young people who were desperate to join the police and the army. It is suspected […]
MASERU — For decades they have operated on the fringes of society. They had been completely marginalised with no real say over their lives. But things appear to have changed. Basotho youths are crying out for recognition. In fact they are slowly demanding the right to be recognised. They are demanding a say in the […]
THE agriculture sector in Lesotho is in a state of paralysis which is quite a shame. The ministry needs a huge shake-up if Lesotho is to free itself from dependence on international food donors. With the recent cabinet changes the new Minister of Agriculture Ralechate Mokose must convince Basotho that he is ready to lead […]
MASERU — The first batch of the M125 million treasury bonds which were issued last week were quickly snatched from the market, Central Bank of Lesotho governor Moeketsi Senaoana has said. The treasury bonds were introduced by the government to finance its expenditure and reduce its budget deficit which shot to 26 percent in June, […]
MASERU — Lesotho’s annual inflation rate remained unchanged in September at 3.3 percent, according to figures released by the Bureau of Statistics this week. The rate stood at the same level the previous month. Lesotho’s inflation rate has hovered between three and four percent in recent months. The annual inflation is the rate at which […]
IT WAS a story no one dared touch. It took a daring British journalist to write what had been the talk of the town. Grace Mugabe, that much loathed Zimbabwean First Lady, was reportedly having an affair with the dictator’s trusted banker, Gideon Gono. It couldn’t come juicer than that, But there it was, splashed […]
MASERU — Teyateyaneng giants Lioli have become the first local team to sign a foreign player with the arrival of Alli Maseka from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The 20-year-old defender has joined Tse Nala for an undisclosed fee from DRC club side FC Muamba. Lioli president Lebohang Thotanyana said the club’s introduction […]
MASERU — Lesotho will be hoping to end a 12-year wait for silverware when they host the Zone VI Softball Championship starting in Maseru today. The hosts will however have to overcome Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana and Namibia in the regional competition scheduled for Maseru Club. Lesotho have not known any success since the kingdom […]
MASERU — Premiership giants LDF and Linare will be looking to finish off the job when they face their first-division challengers, Maseru Naughty Boys and Butha-Buthe Fast XI respectively, in the second leg matches of the Vodacom Soccer Spectacular quarterfinals on Saturday. Both teams are in good positions after important wins in the first leg […]
MASERU — By completing a famous victory over Kenya at Setsoto Stadium on Sunday, Lesotho’s national Under-20 team has joined some illustrious company. Makoanyane XI will be among the continent’s finest sides at Under-20 level – Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Mali, Gambia and hosts Libya – at the 2011 Caf African Youth Championship which will […]
By Lerato Matheka MASERU — Karabelo Mokoallo was yesterday on the tenterhooks as the Miss World crowning day beckoned. The winner of the global title will be crowned on Saturday in China’s southern city of Sanya. Karabelo, Lesotho’s third ever representative in the Miss World pageant, said nerves were jangling as the crowning moment inched […]
By Lerato Matheka MASERU — The rains that pounded the capital on Saturday failed to dampen the spirits of the nearly 2 000 music lovers who turned out for the Lesotho Charity Show at Maseru Club. Even Zolani Mahola of the South African group Freshlyground concluded the turnout was awesome. “Lesotho is a beautiful country […]
By Khahliso Khama MASERU — Miss Bikini, a fitness and bodybuilding pageant that was targeted at high school girls, has been called off. The pageant was slated for September but later postponed to this month after failing to draw enough contestants. Miss Bikini was initiated by Energy Entertainment, a fitness and bodybuilding group that organises […]
MASERU — Police have smashed an intricate syndicate of criminals that was illegally printing government documents. The syndicate was issuing court orders, registering stolen vehicles as well as producing temporary drivers’ licences, D-permits, licence discs and registration books. Police say the D-permits were used to register taxis that would have been stolen mostly from South […]
MASERU — The Law Society of Lesotho wants certain sections of Justice Jan Steyn’s report into the attack on the prime minister’s residence deleted. The society says the report looking at the State House and Makoanyane Military Base attacks undermines the independence of the judiciary. The society has since written to the Attorney-General, Ts’okolo Makhethe, […]
MASERU — The National Assembly’s books of accounts are in shambles, according to a draft audit report by the office of the auditor-general. The report, which was for the 2006/7, 2007/8 and 2008/9 financial years, ended on March 31, 2010 but was only released on September 1, 2010. The audit was done to check if […]
Special Correspondent MASERU — Lesotho Defence Force commander says the April 22 attacks on State House and Makoanyane Military Base were actions of rogue elements that are still lurking in the army. Lt Gen Thuso Motanyane told the Lesotho Times in an exclusive interview last week that those rogue elements had tarnished the “good image” […]
Who is afraid of elections in Zim?
TWO parties in the Global Political Agreement in Zimbabwe would love to win the next election — whenever it might be held. Arthur Mutambara’s formation of the MDC would not realistically entertain such hopes. Only the MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai and Zanu PF would expect to thump each other for the big prize. “Thump” […]